'Ariel'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Cass, I am sorry you're needing to move to be by your dad, but I am sure it's the best thing for both of you.
Are you able to donate the tv? If you itemize on taxes, those donations really do add up. I donate everything these days (other than things I give away to friends) just to avoid the hassle of flakey buyers.
Cass, I did the same thing when my mom had cancer (though I was much younger, so in a lot of ways it didn't feel like a choice at the time) but I never regretted it. I wouldn't give up that time I had with her for anything.
Lots and lots of ~ma for your mother, Scrappy.
Ugh, Tosh. I don't even have the energy to engage. I'm glad you and Jess do, Debet. I wanted to throw in my standard, "Oh, and prison rape jokes aren't funny either," but I'm just going to go to bed.
amyth, we got there in the end, as we were bound to do, I suppose.
Cass, please continue to rambling as long as you need to. I wish I could do more to help than read your posts and send sympathetic thoughts your way.
As I believe someone else said up thread, the few seconds I sometimes see of Tosh when I DVR the Daily show are enough to have made me hate him; this latest thing, I don't even want to know.
Paging Jilli, I bought this skull scarf at Hot Topic today. It reminded me of the Alexander McQueen one I saw in London last year.
If you itemize on taxes, those donations really do add up.
java, how do you figure out how much to count each item for? I mean, if I donate a thing, do I count how much I paid for it, or how much I think Goodwill can get for it, or what?
There's a valuation guide on Goodwill's site. If you pay for tax software, it's also often included there.
I'm not javachick, but when my stepdad does it the donation value is for 1/3 the price you originally paid for the item. I believe that is what his accountant told him to do.
Yep, I use TurboTax and it links into an official donation site that averages value for you depending on the condition of the item. Nifty! And it really does make a difference in the return amount.
Thank you all! Brilliant.
So I am having to buy moving blankets/pads because I am doing upack and apparently they don't come with moving blankets/pads.
It is recommended that I buy 5 dozen. Which is what I did.
WTF am I going to do with all these pads after I move? Should I sell most of them on craigslist? I'm fine with keeping a dozen, but I have no use for 5 dozen.